Hypochlorite (ClO-) is widely used for sterilization, disinfection, and bleaching due to its strong oxidative properties.

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Iranian authorities arrested two people including a government official in connection with a deadly explosion last month at the country's main commercial port, state television reported on Sunday.

A Washington Post examination of videos, satellite imagery and expert analysis reconstructs how the fatal explosion at Iran’s Shahid Rajaee port unfolded.

The sanctions target a network that has facilitated the transfer of key materials, including sodium perchlorate and dioctyl sebacate, from China to Iran. In a press statement released on Tuesday ...

“Today’s action, which targets this network that has facilitated the procurement of sodium perchlorate and dioctyl sebacate from China to Iran, is taken in support of the United States ...

“This network has facilitated the procurement of sodium perchlorate and dioctyl sebacate from [China] to Iran. Sodium perchlorate is used to produce ammonium perchlorate, which is controlled by ...

The New York Times reports that a person with ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, says the explosion was caused by sodium perchlorate—a ...

A person with ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps told The New York Times last week that the chemical set ablaze was sodium perchlorate, a major ingredient in solid fuel for missiles.

According to the Associated Press, British security company Ambrey said that the port in March received sodium perchlorate, which is used to propel ballistic missiles and the mishandling of which ...

However, private security firm Ambrey reported that the port had received a shipment of "sodium perchlorate rocket fuel" from China in March, intended to replenish Iran’s missile stockpiles ...